Yahoo! News: Europe News

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• Dated Paris shopping hall gets multi-million makeover (Reuters)
• NATO takes command of part of Libya operation (AP)
• EU leaders sign off on debt crisis stratgey (AP)
• Europe tells Portugal to slash spending (AFP)
• Cyclists Bobridge, Meares keep Australia on gold track (AFP)
• Nevada regulators OK Caesars tie to online casino (AP)
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• UN creates human rights investigator on Iran (AP)
• Ex Ukraine president charged in reporter's death (AP)
• Merkel calls for nuclear power changes (AP)
• Thieves steal diamond ring at Tiffany's in Paris (AP)
• US European Command: No uniforms off base (AP)
• Nationalists angry over NATO conference (AP)
• UN rights body ditches religious 'defamation' idea (AP)
• Germany scraps military conscription (AP)
• Amanda Knox: US movie is 'invasion' of my life (AP)
• Turkey seizes draft copies of journalist's book (AP)
• 2 Polish children killed by bomb, likely from WWII (AP)
• Potters hand-paint china for UK royal wedding (AP)
• French family detained for smuggling 2 infants (AP)

Dated Paris shopping hall gets multi-million makeover (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 05:02 PM PDT Reuters - Paris is building a colossal shell-like glass and steel canopy over its Les Halles shopping center in an 800 million euro revamp of what has become an eyesore of dated architecture at the heart of the capital.

NATO takes command of part of Libya operation (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 04:58 PM PDT AP - NATO agreed late Thursday to take over part of the military operations against Libya — enforcement of the no-fly zone — after days of hard bargaining among its members. But attacks on the ground will continue to be run by the coalition led by the U.S., which has been anxious to give up the lead role.

EU leaders sign off on debt crisis stratgey (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 04:39 PM PDT AP - European Union leaders have given their final approval on a raft of new measures they hope will contain the debt crisis that has rocked the continent for more than a year.

Europe tells Portugal to slash spending (AFP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 04:26 PM PDT AFP - Rocked by expectations Portugal will call in a 75-billion-euro bailout, Europe told Lisbon on Thursday to slash spending as leaders bargained a deal to end a year-long debt rollercoaster.

Cyclists Bobridge, Meares keep Australia on gold track (AFP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:58 PM PDT AFP - World record holder Jack Bobridge continued Australia's domination of the world track cycling championships Thursday when he claimed his maiden pursuit gold medal.

Nevada regulators OK Caesars tie to online casino (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 04:46 PM PDT AP - Nevada gambling regulators on Thursday voted to allow the world's largest casino company to do business with a Gibraltar company that offers online wagering, marking the first time state officials have blessed a tie to Internet gambling despite the industry's murky legal status.

(AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:10 PM PDT AP - NATO chief says alliance will enforce no-fly zone over Libya.

UN creates human rights investigator on Iran (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 02:56 PM PDT AP - The U.N.' top human rights body created a new special investigator's job Thursday to look into human rights abuses in Iran, overcoming resistance from nations that considered it meddling with that country's internal affairs.

Ex Ukraine president charged in reporter's death (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 02:19 PM PDT AP - Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma says he has been charged in the brutal slaying of an investigative reporter over 10 years ago.

Merkel calls for nuclear power changes (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 02:18 PM PDT AP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday nuclear energy policy across the European Union has to fundamentally change to take the fallout of Japan's nuclear accident into account.

Thieves steal diamond ring at Tiffany's in Paris (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 01:23 PM PDT AP - Police say three men pretending to be customers stole a euro250,000 ($353,200) diamond ring from the Tiffany & Co. store in Paris' upscale Printemps department store.

US European Command: No uniforms off base (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 12:26 PM PDT AP - The U.S. military's European Command has warned troops stationed on the continent to avoid wearing military uniforms when off base. The advisory comes three weeks after two airmen were fatally shot at Frankfurt airport.

Nationalists angry over NATO conference (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 12:25 PM PDT AP - Serbian nationalists demanded that the government cancel plans to host a NATO conference later this year, as the country marked on Thursday the 12th anniversary of the start of the military alliance's bombing that ended Belgrade's rule in Kosovo.

UN rights body ditches religious 'defamation' idea (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 12:22 PM PDT AP - The U.N.'s top human rights body has replaced its traditional condemnation of religious 'defamation' with a resolution underlining the right of individuals to freedom of belief.

Germany scraps military conscription (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 12:21 PM PDT AP - Lawmakers in Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, have voted to formally end military conscription in a step that marks a historic change for the nation's post-World War II forces.

Amanda Knox: US movie is 'invasion' of my life (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 11:50 AM PDT AP - U.S. student Amanda Knox told a court Thursday that a movie documenting the murder of her British roommate and Knox's trial is an "invasion of my life," her lawyer said.

Turkey seizes draft copies of journalist's book (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 11:04 AM PDT AP - A Turkish court on Thursday issued an order for all draft copies of a jailed journalist's yet unpublished book to be confiscated, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported, fueling censorship concerns.

2 Polish children killed by bomb, likely from WWII (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 09:45 AM PDT AP - Two Polish children have died after a bomb believed to from World War II exploded in a field where they were playing.

Potters hand-paint china for UK royal wedding (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 09:20 AM PDT AP - British potters have their hands full making hand-gilded official china for Prince William's April 29 wedding to Kate Middleton.

French family detained for smuggling 2 infants (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 08:49 AM PDT AP - A French family has been detained for trying to hide their two surrogate infants under a mattress in their van and smuggle them across the border from Ukraine into Hungary.

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